Bedclothes-holder.



Patented Feb. 28, 1911.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

WIT/VESSES INI/ETR ATTORNEY 2 SHBETSSHE WIT/VESSES IVORY TUTTLE, 0FONEONTA, NEW YORK.

BEDCLOTHES-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 28, 1911.

Application led .Tune 23, 1910. Serial No. 568,556.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I IVORY A. TUTTLE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Oneonta, in the count-y of tsego and State of New York, haveinvented cert-ain new and useful Improvements in Bedclothe's- Holders,of which the following is a specilieation.

My invention relates to improvements in bed clothes holders, the objectsof my improvement being to provide a suitable holder mounted over thebed to raise the bed clothes and the weight of the bed clothing, up offof the occupant in the bed, and yet at the same time afford all theprotection and advantages of the bed covering. I att-ain these objectsby the mechanisms illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in whichFigure 1 is a side view of a bedstead,

partly in section. Fig. 2 is a cross section on line 2--2 of Fig. 1.Fig. 3 is a side view of the bedstead with the stretcher collapsed. Fig.4 is a fragmentary horizontal section on line 4 4 of Fig. 1, and Fig. 5is an enlarged cross-section of the bed clothes holder.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

In my device I have the supports, 1 and 2; pivotally mounted on thesupports I have a series of arms, on support 2 are the arms 5 and 6;pivotally mounted on arm 3, I have arm 7, and pivoted on arm 4 I havethe arm 8, and pivoted to arm 5, I have the arm 9. Pivoted to arm 6 Ihave the arm 10. The arms 7 and 8 are pivoted atl their upper end by thepivot 11, and the arms 9 and 10 are pivoted on their upper ends by thepivot 12. Between the upper ends of the arms 7 and 8, and the upper endsof arms 9 and 10, I have the bar 13. Extending between arm 4 and 6 Ihave the rod 14, which is pivoted to arm 4 at 15, and pivoted to rod 6at 16. Pivotally mounted on arm 5, I have the sleeve 17, through whichpasses the rod 14. Extending between arms 3 and 6, I have the coilspring 20, pivoted to arm 3 at 21, and having pivotal connection to arm6 at 16, inverted and one placed over the other, the lower extension Eterminates in a screw bolt F, and on this is mounted the clamp G, heldin place by the nut H mounted thereon.

These double sets of arms I have thus mounted on each side of the bed.On lthe bar 13 are mounted the hooks 22--23-24. Over the bar 13, I havea covering B, having on its under side the loop C. Through the loop Cand the hooks 22-23-24, I extend the rod D, thus holding the covering tothe rod D. The frames being thus constructed on either side of the bedframe, the covering extends from frame to frame on either side of thebed. The bed clothes rest upon this cover stretched between the twocollapsible frames, described, is raised with the opening of the frame,and lowered when the frame is in a collapsed condition, as shown in Fig.3.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and for which Idesire Letters Patent, is as follows:

1. In a bed clothes holder, two collapsible frames mounted parallel toeach other, one on either side of the bed frame, means for clamping saidcollapsible frames to the bed frame, a removable, collapsible covermount ed on said bed frame and extending from one bed frame to theother, means for holding said bed frames in a locked, extended position,means for springing said bed frames into said locked extended position.

2. In a bed clothes holder, two collapsible frames both mounted in aclamped position on one side of the frame of the bed, a bar pivotallymounted and attached to said frames extending between them, means forholding a removable rod mounted on said bar, means for holding said bedframe in a locked extended formation, means extending between saidframes whereby each frame is siu'nlltaneously and yieldingly extended,

and locked, a similar frame mounted in a clamped position on theopposite side of the bed frame, a covering removably mounted on each ofsaid frames, and extending from oneframe to the other, capable ofholding, raising and lowering the bed clothing.

In testimony whereof I have ailixed my signature, in presence of twowitnesses.

IVORY A. TUTTLE. IVitnesses:

J. G. Hoy'r, I). A. DIEFENDORF.

